Yemen

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News about Yemen , including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 28, 2015

Saudi Arabia agrees to halt its military operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen for five days to allow delivery of humanitarian aid, but violence does not let up; aid agency Oxfam says nearly half country is in need of food and nearly six million are facing starvation. MORE

Jul. 26, 2015

Saudi Arabia says it will cease military offensive against Houthis in Yemen for five days in order to allow for distribution of humanitarian aid supplies to civilians. MORE

Jul. 24, 2015

Saudi-backed Yemeni troops take full control of port of Aden from Shiite rebels. MORE

Jul. 22, 2015

United Nations World Food Program ship arrives in Yemen’s southern port of Aden bearing 3,000 metric tons of food, one month supply for 180,000 people; much needed aid ship is first to arrive as prior attempts were blocked by four-month-old military campaign to quell Houthi-led government insurrection. MORE

Jul. 20, 2015

Houthi rebel fighters fire rockets into city of Aden, Yemen, killing at least 43 people; attack comes two days after Yemeni government declares city liberated from Houthis. MORE

Jul. 15, 2015

Southern allied fighters in Yemen seize control of airport in Aden, dealing Houthi rebels their most significant defeat yet in the three months since they stormed city; Houthis still retain control of three important neighborhoods in Aden, as well as other captured territory throughout Yemen, despite four-month bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia. MORE

Jul. 14, 2015

Houthi forces fire on oil refinery in Aden, Yemen, hitting storage tanks and starting large fire; United Nations-brokered cease-fire, meant to allow delivery of aid, was foiled by Saudi Arabia, which did not recognize truce and continued airstrikes against Houthis. MORE

Jul. 10, 2015

United Nations says fighting between Saudi-led military forces battling to restore Yemen’s exiled government and Houthi insurgents will pause so humanitarian aid can be delivered. MORE

Jul. 7, 2015

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes targeting Houthi insurgents kill about 80 people at public markets in Yemen in one day alone; as warring parties debate terms of cease-fire on humanitarian grounds, civilians continue to die, with about a hundred people killed in three days and at least 3,000 in past three months of fighting. MORE

Jul. 7, 2015

Editorial scores international community for failing to adequately address humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where 80 percent of country's 25 million citizens are imperiled and 1,500 civilians have been killed since March; notes Saudi-led coalition campaign against rebel Houthis has impeded delivery of humanitarian aid; calls for immediate negotiations aiming for permanent political solution that ensures legitimate role in new government for Houthis. MORE

Jul. 3, 2015

Saudi Arabia will reportedly stop airstrikes in Yemen long enough for humanitarian aid to be delivered. MORE

Jul. 2, 2015

Jul. 1, 2015

Saudi-led military coalition is facing rising pressure as it tries to stop Houthi rebels in Yemen; United Nations is poised to declare country in severe humanitarian crisis and human rights group say situation may involve of war crimes; diplomats say military blockage on commercial ships is choking supply of food and fuel into poorest nation in Arab world. MORE

Jun. 25, 2015

Analysts in Yemen say that Saudi Arabia does not seem to have clear strategy for ending war in the country, particularly in light of failure of talks in Geneva to secure even short-term cease-fire; Saudi campaign against rebel Houthis has failed to halt their advance, and some analysts worry that Saudi-led conflict has merely internationalized what would have been domestic conflict. MORE

Jun. 25, 2015

Yemen residents describe destruction, fear and other traumas as civil war continues; selected responses to New York Times inquiry asking Yemenis and their relatives abroad to describe their reactions to crisis highlighted. MORE

Jun. 21, 2015

Car bomb explodes outside mosque in Sana, Yemen, killing at least two people and wounding six; Islamic State affiliate claims responsibility for attack. MORE

Jun. 20, 2015

Negotiations in Geneva between warring factions in Yemen end after four days with no agreement of any kind, not even on two-week truce for holy month of Ramadan. MORE

Jun. 18, 2015

Islamic State in Yemen claims responsibility for car bombings in Sana that killed at least 30 people, calling it revenge against the Houthi apostates; violence occurred while representatives of Houthis and Yemen's government were negotiating ceasefire in effort to end Yemen's civil war. MORE

Jun. 17, 2015

News Analysis; United States has been successful in killing terrorist leaders, but continued chaos in Yemen and Libya underscores limitations of Obama administration and its Western allies. MORE

Jun. 16, 2015

United States officials investigate reports that Nasser al-Wuhayshi, leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed in Yemen in American drone strike. MORE

Jun. 15, 2015

Houthi rebel fighters take Hazm, capital city of Yemen's Jawf Province, consolidating their control over country despite Saudi-led bombing campaign. MORE

Jun. 14, 2015

United States transfers six lower-level detainees from prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Oman, reducing prison population to 116; six men, all Yemenis, had been held at prison under indefinite detention since 2002; releases complete deal begun with Oman in 2014. MORE

Jun. 13, 2015

Irina Bokova, director general of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, condemns destruction of 2,500-year-old cultural heritage site in Sana, Yemen, which was rocked by explosion from unspecified source, as well as deaths caused; witnesses and news reports say explosion was caused by bomb or missile from Saudi plane, which Saudi military denies. MORE

Jun. 10, 2015

Al Qaeda, in new tactic to maintain power, is increasingly making common cause with local insurgent groups on battlefield in Yemen and Syria; strategy has distinct benefits, but American officials say group continues to be committed to attacking West. MORE

Jun. 9, 2015

Families of Yemeni police officer Waleed bin Ali Jaber and cleric Salem Ahmed bin Ali Jaber, who were killed by 2012 American drone strike, file lawsuit in federal court in Washington, DC, with help of international human rights group Reprieve; suit does not seek monetary damages but asks court to declare strike unlawful and impose public accountability for drone program. MORE

Jun. 8, 2015

Saudi-led airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Sana, Yemen, kill at least 22 people at military headquarters there, most of them soldiers. MORE

Jun. 7, 2015

Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman has quickly risen to prominence, gaining more power than any Saudi prince has ever held and upending established systems for distributing important positions in process; prince has assumed leading role in conflicts in Yemen and elsewhere in region, raising concern among some. MORE

Jun. 7, 2015

Saudi Arabia shoots down Scud ballistic missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen; incident marks first time Yemeni factions have used that weapon, signaling escalation in conflict. MORE

Jun. 5, 2015

Airstrikes in Yemen led by Saudi Arabian military coalition against Houthi rebels kill at least 50 people in northern province Saada; Yemeni officials and medical personnel say most of casualties were civilians. MORE

Jun. 3, 2015

State Dept envoy Anne W Patterson is said to have held meetings in Oman with Houthi rebels of Yemen to discuss violence there and capture of several Americans; meetings were held just before release of American freelance journalist Casey L Coombs. MORE

Jun. 2, 2015

American freelance journalist Casey L Coombs is released by Houthi rebels in Yemen; video is published online of Isabelle Prime, French consultant for World Bank-financed project, pleading for presidents of France and Yemen to help secure her release; Prime is believed to be captive of Al Qaeda affiliated militants in Yemen, not Houthi rebels. MORE

Jun. 1, 2015

At least four American citizens are believed to have been detained by Houthis in Sana, Yemen, raising concerns over their safety as Saudi strikes bombard city now controlled by the Shiite rebel group; State Dept is working to secure the detainees' release, effort complicated by fact that Obama administration has openly supported Saudi's military campaign against Houthi rebels. MORE

May. 29, 2015

Antiaircraft fire launched by Houthi rebels against Saudi airstrikes in Yemen has reportedly killed or maimed many civilians. MORE

May. 28, 2015

Airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen result in one-day death toll of 80 people; World Health Organization reports that nearly 2,000 Yemenis have died in conflict since March, and that 8.6 million people out of population of 24 million are in urgent need of medical help for war-related injuries and common medical issues. MORE

May. 28, 2015

At least 20 Yemeni-Americans have gone through harrowing experience of being detained after their passports were revoked while at the United States embassy in Sana, Yemen; many report being coerced into saying passports showed false names, essentially rendering themselves stateless; circumstance suggests overabundance of caution following rise of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. MORE

May. 23, 2015

Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing of Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia that is said to have killed at least 21 people and injured 120 others; attack points to possibility that Saudi air campaign against Houthis in Yemen may be escalating sectarian tensions at home. MORE

May. 22, 2015

Shellfire in Yemen near border with Saudi Arabia kills five Ethiopian migrants seeking diplomatic shelter, casualties of ongoing conflict between Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen; separately, 19 people were killed in another Saudi airstrike in Yemen. MORE

May. 15, 2015

Al Qaeda fighters in Yemen bar residents from trading or chewing khat, stimulant that has been habit in country for centuries. MORE

May. 13, 2015

Tentative cease-fire takes effect in parts of Yemen, in first negotiated halt to hostilities since Saudi Arabia started a bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in late March. MORE

May. 11, 2015

King Salman of Saudi Arabia has made startling changes during his first months in power, reshaping foreign and domestic policies and rattling alliances with United States and regional powers that have been bedrock of his kingdom's stability for decades; shift is exemplified in controversial decision to go to war in Yemen, striking image as defender of region's Sunni population; Salman has also shaken up power dynamics and old norms within Saudi royal family. MORE

May. 9, 2015

Saudi Arabian Foreign Min Adel al-Jubeir says bombing campaign in Yemen will stop and cease-fire will be observed for five days, but stresses success will depend on cooperation on part of Houthis; cease-fire is indication that Saudis are bowing to international pressure regarding humanitarian crisis in country and amount of civilian casualties that bombings have caused. MORE

May. 8, 2015

Saudi Arabia proposes five-day cease-fire in Yemen fighting to allow aid agencies to reach civilians suffering because of war. MORE

May. 8, 2015

Nasr bin Ali al-Ansi, senior leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen, is killed in American drone strike. MORE

May. 7, 2015

Sec of State John Kerry, speaking during Middle East trip, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen; announces plans to push Saudi Arabia to halt bombing campaign against Houthi rebels to facilitate delivery of critical aid; hostilities have reached fever pitch, with 80 people dying on same day of Kerry's remarks. MORE

May. 6, 2015

Houthi rebels in Yemen hit border town in Saudi Arabia with mortar and rocket fire, damaging buildings and leading the national airline to cancel flights to area. MORE

May. 4, 2015

Yemeni fighters thought to have received training in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states join fight against Houthi rebels in Aden, Yemen; if confirmed, influx will represent first major deployment of Saudi-led troops in Yemen's conflict. MORE

May. 3, 2015

Human Rights Watch reports that Saudi-led military coalition has used cluster munitions supplied by United States against rebel group in Yemen; cluster munitions are banned throughout much of world but not by United States, Saudi Arabia or Yemen. MORE

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